Flood Destruction

In Pakistan
 What is a Flood?
• Floods have large social consequences for communities and individuals.
• Flood is an overflow of water on usually dry land. During heavy rainfall,
flooding can happen when ocean waves arrive on land.
• Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies, such as a
river, lake, or ocean, in which the water overtops or breaks levees, resulting in
some of that water escaping its usual boundaries, or it may occur due to an
accumulation of rainwater on saturated ground in an areal flood.
 What are its Effects?
• As most people are well aware, the immediate impacts of flooding
include loss of human life, damage to property, destruction of crops, loss of
livestock, and deterioration of health conditions owing to waterborne diseases.
• Damage to infrastructure also causes long-term impacts, such as disruptions to
clean water and electricity, transport, communication, education and health
care.
 Flood Destruction Caused in
Pakistan
• The number of damaged and destroyed houses now exceeds 2 million. Around
23,900 schools, 1,460 health facilities and 13,000 km of roads have also
reportedly been damaged. More than 5,000 schools are being used as
temporary relief camps.
• The widespread destruction of Pakistan's agriculture and livestock will trigger
additional severe food shortages. The flooding has drowned 900,000 livestock
and obliterated 80 to 90 percent of crops and over 4 million acres of farmland.
Pictures of Destruction in Pakistan
Area affected by Flood in Pakistan

• Nearly 88 per cent of all damaged or destroyed houses – over 1.52 million
houses – are in Sindh, and the province has also recorded the highest number
of human casualties: 577 people killed and 8,321 people injured, out of a total
of nearly 1,400 deaths and more than 12,700 injuries, including at least 496
children.
 Flood relief Organizations in Pakistan
There are some Organizations working for flood relief in Pakistan:
• Al-Khidmat Foundation:
                                                Al-khidmat Foundation’s volunteer network
stretches from Karachi to Chitral to the Thar Desert. Al-khidmat is known for its rapid
response in times of crisis, be it a natural disaster or pandemic. Al-khidmat offers
relief solutions in all spheres of life, including provisions for flood relief.
• Edhi Foundation:
                                     Edhi Foundation’s flood relief team has been on working all
across the country to help the affecters. They have been saving people’s lives by doing
their best to provide help to people in every possible way. They are distributing food,
dry ration packages, tarpaulin sheets, healthcare assistance, and other essential items.
• Akhuwat Foundation:
                                           Following its ‘Mawa khat’ ideology, Akhuwat is assisting its
siblings who have been negatively impacted by the recent flooding that has occurred
across Pakistan. A Flood Relief Fund has been established by Akhuwat to provide
emergency assistance to hundreds of eligible people and households who have been
impacted by floods.
 Diseases spread after the Flood
in Pakistan
Diseases spread after flood in Pakistan were:
• diarrheal diseases
• hepatitis A and E
• air-borne infections
• vector borne diseases such as yellow fever
• west Nile fever (WNF)
• dengue fever
 Effect in Pakistan by Flood

• The education sector has been severely impacted by the recent flood and rain
emergency. At least 25,993 schools have been damaged or destroyed in the
region of Sindh, Baluchistan, Punjab and KP due to the floods with data
collection still ongoing.
• The cataclysmic floods in Pakistan has caused economic damages to the tune
of around USD 18 billion to the country's teetering economy, wiping out more
than 8 million acres of crops and displacing more than 33 million.
 My Efforts on Flood relief 
• We provided aid to help the flood victims.
• Our house maid relative's houses was swept away and we also helped her.
• Provided ration to the flood victims.
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English Assignment
Name: Ayan Salman
Class:  9-S
Teacher Name: Sir. Zuhaib